Mike is a private investor and board member of Orion Genomics. He was Chief Science Officer of MJ Research, a biotechnology tools company that designed, manufactured and sold instruments and reagents used in molecular biology and genomic research, including the Human Genome Project. Mike co-founded MJ Research in 1987 and sold the company to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. in 2004. Mike earned his PhD from MIT in Biology. Mike is the author of numerous scientific articles and holds seven US patents.

Victoria is the Research Initiatives Coordinator for Columbia University. Working directly with the Executive Vice President for Research, Victoria assists in developing programs that bring together scholars in the basic academic disciplines in order to generate new intellectual opportunities and expand the research enterprise at the University. Prior to her role at Columbia, Victoria was director of The Washington Advisory Group, a LECG Company where she advised research organizations, companies and venture investors on the commercialization of research. She also served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of General American Investors, a NYSE-listed closed end investment fund. Ms. Hamilton holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Andy Pforzheimer is an entrepreneur and the owner of a successful chain of restaurants in NY, CT, and GA. He brings the experience of turning a start-up into a $20MM company with 300 employees, as well as a lifetime of focus on customer service. He serves on the Wilton, CT Board of Finance, and on the Board of the Connecticut Restaurant Association. He holds a BA from Harvard University.

John recognized a tremendous opportunity for companies to improve their healthcare supply chains through RFID. Applying the same pragmatism and insight gained from years of supply chain experience in the retail segment, John has brought this learning to the healthcare industry. As CEO of WaveMark, John has been instrumental in creating solutions that deliver a more efficient healthcare supply chain through RFID. WaveMark's solutions eliminate manual processes, reduce costs, simplify workflows and improve patient safety.

Prior to WaveMark, John co-founded and served as CEO of Swift Rivers, a venture-funded, reverse logistics software company.

John also served as Senior Vice President of Logistics at Staples. John joined Staples in 1987 when there were only three stores.  During his tenure, he led the effort to build a logistics infrastructure to support over 1,000 stores nationwide.

At Staples, John played an influential role in laying the foundation for development of an optimized retail supply chain, establishing the logistics strategy department and building the Staples transportation department from the ground up. Previous to Staples, John held positions in brand management and marketing at Fidelity Investments, M&M/Mars and Procter & Gamble.

John earned his Masters degree from MIT in Logistics and a B.S.E. from Princeton. He has co-authored articles on RFID and is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences around the country on new methods for healthcare inventory management and the powerful impact of RFID on supply chains.